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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml | 9 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml index 026850a1cf5..dacd3e1dfef 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml @@ -1441,10 +1441,11 @@ $ <userinput>sysctl -w vm.nr_hugepages=3170</userinput> <para> This is the <firstterm>Immediate Shutdown</firstterm> mode. The server will send <systemitem>SIGQUIT</systemitem> to all child - processes and wait for them to terminate. Those that don't terminate - within 5 seconds, will be sent <systemitem>SIGKILL</systemitem> by the - master <command>postgres</command> process, which will then terminate - without further waiting. This will lead to recovery (by + processes and wait for them to terminate. If any do not terminate + within 5 seconds, they will be sent <systemitem>SIGKILL</systemitem>. + The master server process exits as soon as all child processes have + exited, without doing normal database shutdown processing. + This will lead to recovery (by replaying the WAL log) upon next start-up. This is recommended only in emergencies. </para> |